Примеры waist

• Indeed, in the last century women crawled on their knees, naked, with chains round their waists.

• Within six seconds we were up to our waists in water.

• Before leaving the raiders made them stand in a pool of water almost up to their waists and left them there for some time.

• Now, we are not talking about men having to work up to their waists in water or about barbaric conditions.

• I believe that not long ago it was the fashion among ladies in this country to cramp their waists in the same manner.

• When we found them, they were lying down on the ground without any clothes on below their waists.

• They were prepared to accept that a colliery should close when it was exhausted or if the men were working up to their waists or worse in water.

• No longer does one see nurses wandering about like warders, with keys hanging from their waists, locking doors when patients come in and out, and so on.

• In the early 19th century dropped waists were common, creating a very long torso.

• The earliest vihuelas and viols, both plucked and bowed, all had sharp cuts to their waists, similar to the profile of a modern violin.

• They wore skirts over their trousers and rolled them up to their waists to keep them out of the way.

• The men's hair drops are distinguished from women's hair plates, because the women wear theirs from belts at their waists.

• Although they find themselves up to their waists in bat guano, they are successful at starting the coolant.

• In modern times, men started wearing belts in the 1920s, as trouser waists fell to a lower line.

• Tribesmen tuck their robes around their waists to reduce impediment while running and leaping.